Mock-up of Time Magazine audio recording and mailing envelope

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Accession Number: 2017.25.1

Description: Mockup of an audio version of Time Magazine, produced as a sample by APH for Time, Inc. Consists of one flexible record (vinylite disc) stamped with white-ink labelling, and a mailing envelope. Record label reads "Time, Feb. 20, 1984, 8 RPM, Side 2, Recorded in Cooperation with and Copyrighted by Time, Inc. Published & Distributed by American Printing House for the Blind." Disc was repurposed for the mockup and actually contains part of a recording of American Legion Magazine. Envelope is white paper; on the front is printed the following in red ink: the return address of Time (top left); "Free Matter for the Blind or Handicapped" (top right); "Phonograph Records, Please Do Not Fold Or Bend" (bottom left); "The Weekly Newsmagazine" (repeated in four lines at bottom right); and a decorative border around the edges. .1a - disc .1b - envelope

Date Made: 1984

Place of Origin: Louisville, KY

Collection: APH Collection

History/Provenance: APH Collection

Credit Line: APH Archives

Subjects: Periodicals for the blind and visually impaired Product and market development Samples

Dimension Notes: Envelope: 9.25 (h) x 10.75 (w) in.

Made: American Printing House for the Blind

Material: Plastic (Vinylite)/Paper

Updated: 02/10/2021